Donald Trump Was Really Excited to Meet Kanye West (Update)

This morning, Kanye West—who's had a tumultuous month, to say the least—showed he has no intention of backing down from his initial interest in Donald Trump when he strolled into Trump Tower Tuesday morning for a surprise meeting with the president-elect. As you might expect, this has left Twitter in a very weird place, as two of the most controversial celebrities of the last 15 years just had a little meeting of the minds on a brisk Tuesday morning in New York City. Trump said West was visiting as "a friend," and they spoke about "life."

Based on the following GIF, it seems things are cordial between the two, though we're a little disappointed West trusted Donald Trump to nail the dap handshake over a traditional one. As we can see, Trump isn't an expert at it and was, in fact, even a little giddy:

Of course, lots of people have met with Trump recently who are moral and intellectual opponents of his, from Al Gore to Leonardo DiCaprio to, obviously, President Obama himself. (Then again, none of those guys went on a rant to announce that they would have voted for Trump.) We're still waiting to see if any actual transcript from the meeting surfaces or if a newly blond West will continue to back Trump's administration, which today added Rick Perry—a man who once couldn't remember that he wanted to eliminate the Department of Energy—as the head of the Department of Energy, as well as Exxon's CEO, Rex W. Tillerson—a man who just two short years ago was in the midst of striking a $500 billion oil deal with Russia—as our new Secretary of State.